Table 2.

Average concentrations (n = 3) of heavy metals in soil collected from Deir Kanoun dump and canal. Contaminant concentrations of all metals are expressed in mg/kg.

Heavy metal	Sample site
	D1	D2	D3	D4	C1	C2
Pb	504.3 ± 73.02	622.1 ± 82.98	1206.1 ± 80.35	1306.1 ± 12.62	1365 ± 31.5	728.4 ± 83.68
Cd	131.1 ± 32.21	118.7 ± 15.03	117 ± 24.44	77 ± 27.22	78 ± 9.46	104.4 ± 5.5
As	51 ± 15.54	471.97 ± 77.42	521.7 ± 74.68	95.87 ± 15.75	603.3 ± 91.08	281.6 ± 86.81
Hg	3.587 ± 1.27	0.459 ± 0.156	2.39 ± 0.416	0.16 ± 0.044	6.48 ± 0.761	0.38 ± 0.073